Strong G3624G3624Hοἶκος
house: household
One of the 2 senses of Strong G3624
- Transliteration
- oikos
- Pronunciation
- oy'-kos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Of uncertain affinity; a dwelling (more or less extensive literally or figuratively); by implication a family (more or less related literally or figuratively): - home house (-hold) temple.
Detailed definition
οἶκος, -οῦ, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for בַּיִת, also for אֹהֶל,הֵכָל, etc.;]
1. prop., a house, dwelling: Act.2:2 19:16; with genitive poss., Mat.9:6, 7 Mrk.2:11, Luk.1:23, al.; with genitive attrib., ἐμπορίου, Jhn.2:16; προσευχῆς, Mat.21:13, al.; of a sanctuary (Hdt., Eur.): οἶ. τ. θεοῦ, of the tabernacle, Mat.12:4, al.; the temple, Mat.21:13, al.; metaphorically of a city: Mat.23:38, Luk.13:35; of the body, Mat.12:44, Luk.11:24; of Christians, 1Pe.2:5; ἐν οἴ (M, Pr., 81f.), at home, Mrk.2:1, 1Co.11:34 14:35; so κατ ̓ οἶκον, Act.2:46 5:42; οἱ εἰς (= οἱ ἐν; see: εἰς) τ. οἶ., Luk.7:10 15:6; κατ ̓οἴκους, from house to house, Act.8:3 20:20; εἰς (κατ ̓) οἶκον, with genitive (Bl., §46, 9), Mrk.8:3, Luk.14:1, Rom.16:5, al.
2. By meton., a house, household, family: Luk.10:5, Act.7:10, 1Co.1:16, 1Ti.3:4, 5 al.; of the Church, ὁ οἶ. τ. θεοῦ, 1Ti.3:15, Heb.3:2, 1Pe.4:17; of descendants, οἶ Ἰσραήλ (Δαυείδ, Ἰακώβ; Bl, §47, 9), Mat.10:6, Luk.1:27, 33 al. (cf. Exo.6:14, 1Ki.2:30, al.).
SYN.: see: οἰκία. (AS)
[in LXX chiefly for בַּיִת, also for אֹהֶל,הֵכָל, etc.;]
1. prop., a house, dwelling: Act.2:2 19:16; with genitive poss., Mat.9:6, 7 Mrk.2:11, Luk.1:23, al.; with genitive attrib., ἐμπορίου, Jhn.2:16; προσευχῆς, Mat.21:13, al.; of a sanctuary (Hdt., Eur.): οἶ. τ. θεοῦ, of the tabernacle, Mat.12:4, al.; the temple, Mat.21:13, al.; metaphorically of a city: Mat.23:38, Luk.13:35; of the body, Mat.12:44, Luk.11:24; of Christians, 1Pe.2:5; ἐν οἴ (M, Pr., 81f.), at home, Mrk.2:1, 1Co.11:34 14:35; so κατ ̓ οἶκον, Act.2:46 5:42; οἱ εἰς (= οἱ ἐν; see: εἰς) τ. οἶ., Luk.7:10 15:6; κατ ̓οἴκους, from house to house, Act.8:3 20:20; εἰς (κατ ̓) οἶκον, with genitive (Bl., §46, 9), Mrk.8:3, Luk.14:1, Rom.16:5, al.
2. By meton., a house, household, family: Luk.10:5, Act.7:10, 1Co.1:16, 1Ti.3:4, 5 al.; of the Church, ὁ οἶ. τ. θεοῦ, 1Ti.3:15, Heb.3:2, 1Pe.4:17; of descendants, οἶ Ἰσραήλ (Δαυείδ, Ἰακώβ; Bl, §47, 9), Mat.10:6, Luk.1:27, 33 al. (cf. Exo.6:14, 1Ki.2:30, al.).
SYN.: see: οἰκία. (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3624H appears in 31 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- house27
- household3
- home1
- temple1
First verses
- Matthew 10:6But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
- Matthew 15:24But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
- Luke 1:27To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.
- Luke 1:33And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
- Luke 1:69And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
- Luke 2:4And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
- Luke 11:17But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth.
- Luke 11:51From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.
- Luke 12:52For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
- Acts 2:36Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
- Acts 7:10And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
- Acts 10:2A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
- Acts 11:14Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.
- Acts 16:15And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
- Acts 16:31And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
- Acts 18:8And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.
- 1 Corinthians 1:16And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.
- 1 Timothy 3:4One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
- 1 Timothy 3:5(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
- 1 Timothy 3:12Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
οἶκος, ὁ,
house, not only of built houses, but of any dwelling-place, as that of Achilles at Troy (see. κλισία), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.471, 572, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 65)]; of the Cyclops' cave, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.478)]; of a tent, [LXX (LXX.Gen.31.33)]; οἶκον ἱκάνεται is coming home, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.7)]; εἰς or ἐς οἶκον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 459, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 240; πρὸς οἶκον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 867, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1491, etc.; κατ᾽ οἶκον [prev. author] “El.” 929, etc.; κατ᾽ οἶκον ἐν δόμοις [prev. author] “Tr.” 689)]; οἱ κατ᾽ οἶκον[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 934; αἱ κατ᾽ οἶκον κακοπραγίαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.60; τἂν οἴκῳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 579; ἐν οἴκῳ καθεύδειν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.4,8; οἱ ἐν οἴκῳ “PCair.Zen.” 93.10 (3rd c.BC); ἐξ οἴκου ἀποδημεῖν [prev. work] 44.23 (3rd c.BC))]; ἐπ᾽ οἴκου ἀποχωρῆσαι go home wards, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.87, compare 30, 108, 2.31, etc.)]; ἀπ᾽ οἴκου from home, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.99, etc.)]; compare οἰκία.
b frequently omitted after εἰς or ἐν, see at {εἰς} [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1.4c, ἐν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 1.2.)]
2 room, chamber, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.356, 19.514, 598; οἶ. θερμός 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.164)]; dining-hall, ἑπτάκλινος οἶ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista Comedy texts 66, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.18)]; room in a temple, [Refs (“IG” 42(1).110 A 27, +others(Epid., _plural_): _plural_ οἶκοι)] frequently, = a single house, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.417, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 230, 524, etc.)]; κλαυθμῶν τῶν ἐξ οἴκων domestic griefs, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ag.” 1554 (_anapaest meter_); ἀπ᾽ οἴκων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 762)]; ἐς or πρὸς οἴκους, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 311, 383)]; κατ᾽ οἴκους at home, within, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.79, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 65, 4th c.BC: Mnesimachus Comicus 4.52.)]
3 of public buildings, meeting-house, hall, οἶ. Κηρύκων [Refs (“IG” 22.1672.24; Δεκελειῶν [prev. work] 1237.33;)] of treasuries at Delos, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (“JHS” 25.310, +others, compare 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see {θησαυρό; ἐγκριτήριοι οἶ})]., see at {ἐγκριτήριος}; temple, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 4.1580 (from Aegina), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.143, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1373, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 600; οἶ. τεμένιος ἱερός “SIG” 987.3, compare 25 (Chios, 4th c.BC))]; ἐν τῷ οἴ. τοῦ Ἄμμωνος [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 79.4 (2nd c.BC))]; ὁ οἶ. [τοῦ θεοῦ] [NT (NT.Matt.21.13, +others)]; of a funerary monument, [Refs (“BCH” 2.610 (from Cibyra), 18.11 (from Magnesia))]; ἀΐδιοι οἶ., i.e. tombs, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.51.)]
4 cage for birds, [Refs ([prev. author] 13.82)] (assuming variant, οἰκ[ίσκ]ῳ Valck.); beehive, [Refs (Gp. 15.2.22.)]
5 Astrology texts, domicile of a planet, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PLond.” 1.98r. 12, +others(1st-2nd c.AD), 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 12.7, 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 7.25, 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 2.141, 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 162.2.)]
II one's household goods, substance [Refs 8th c.BC+ (compare (οἴκοθεν 2), οἶ. ἐμὸς διόλωλε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.64; ἐσθίεταί μοι οἶ. 4.318; καὶ οἶ. καὶ κλῆρος ἀκήρατος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.498; οἶκον δέ κ᾽ ἐγὼ καὶ κτήματα δοίην 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.314, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.53, 7.224, etc.)]: in Attic dialect law, estate, inheritance, οἶκον κατασχεῖν τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.15, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.93, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 5.15, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.4, etc.; οἶ. πέντε ταλάντων 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 7.42)]; compare οἰκία.
III a reigning house, οἶ. ὁ βασιλέος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.31, compare 6.9, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.137, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.41; Ἀγαμεμνονίων οἴκων ὄλεθρον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 862 (_anapaest meter_), compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 594 (Lyric poetry))]; also of any family, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 10.4, LXX.Gen.7.1, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.85)]; οἶ. Σεβαστός, = domus Augusta, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.520; οὐδενὸς οἴκου δεύτερον γενόμενον “IG” 42(1).84.32 (Epid., 1st c.AD); τοὺς πρώτους τᾶς πόλιος οἴκους [prev. work]86.15([prev. passage], 1st c.AD). (Orig. ϝοῖκος, compare ϝοίκω, οἰκία)]: cf. Sanskrit veśás, viś- 'house', Latin vicus, vicinus, etc.)
house, not only of built houses, but of any dwelling-place, as that of Achilles at Troy (see. κλισία), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.471, 572, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 65)]; of the Cyclops' cave, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.478)]; of a tent, [LXX (LXX.Gen.31.33)]; οἶκον ἱκάνεται is coming home, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.7)]; εἰς or ἐς οἶκον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 459, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 240; πρὸς οἶκον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 867, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1491, etc.; κατ᾽ οἶκον [prev. author] “El.” 929, etc.; κατ᾽ οἶκον ἐν δόμοις [prev. author] “Tr.” 689)]; οἱ κατ᾽ οἶκον[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 934; αἱ κατ᾽ οἶκον κακοπραγίαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.60; τἂν οἴκῳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 579; ἐν οἴκῳ καθεύδειν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.4,8; οἱ ἐν οἴκῳ “PCair.Zen.” 93.10 (3rd c.BC); ἐξ οἴκου ἀποδημεῖν [prev. work] 44.23 (3rd c.BC))]; ἐπ᾽ οἴκου ἀποχωρῆσαι go home wards, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.87, compare 30, 108, 2.31, etc.)]; ἀπ᾽ οἴκου from home, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.99, etc.)]; compare οἰκία.
b frequently omitted after εἰς or ἐν, see at {εἰς} [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1.4c, ἐν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 1.2.)]
2 room, chamber, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.356, 19.514, 598; οἶ. θερμός 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.164)]; dining-hall, ἑπτάκλινος οἶ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista Comedy texts 66, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.18)]; room in a temple, [Refs (“IG” 42(1).110 A 27, +others(Epid., _plural_): _plural_ οἶκοι)] frequently, = a single house, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.417, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 230, 524, etc.)]; κλαυθμῶν τῶν ἐξ οἴκων domestic griefs, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ag.” 1554 (_anapaest meter_); ἀπ᾽ οἴκων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 762)]; ἐς or πρὸς οἴκους, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 311, 383)]; κατ᾽ οἴκους at home, within, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.79, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 65, 4th c.BC: Mnesimachus Comicus 4.52.)]
3 of public buildings, meeting-house, hall, οἶ. Κηρύκων [Refs (“IG” 22.1672.24; Δεκελειῶν [prev. work] 1237.33;)] of treasuries at Delos, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (“JHS” 25.310, +others, compare 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see {θησαυρό; ἐγκριτήριοι οἶ})]., see at {ἐγκριτήριος}; temple, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 4.1580 (from Aegina), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.143, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1373, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 600; οἶ. τεμένιος ἱερός “SIG” 987.3, compare 25 (Chios, 4th c.BC))]; ἐν τῷ οἴ. τοῦ Ἄμμωνος [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 79.4 (2nd c.BC))]; ὁ οἶ. [τοῦ θεοῦ] [NT (NT.Matt.21.13, +others)]; of a funerary monument, [Refs (“BCH” 2.610 (from Cibyra), 18.11 (from Magnesia))]; ἀΐδιοι οἶ., i.e. tombs, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.51.)]
4 cage for birds, [Refs ([prev. author] 13.82)] (assuming variant, οἰκ[ίσκ]ῳ Valck.); beehive, [Refs (Gp. 15.2.22.)]
5 Astrology texts, domicile of a planet, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PLond.” 1.98r. 12, +others(1st-2nd c.AD), 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 12.7, 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 7.25, 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 2.141, 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 162.2.)]
II one's household goods, substance [Refs 8th c.BC+ (compare (οἴκοθεν 2), οἶ. ἐμὸς διόλωλε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.64; ἐσθίεταί μοι οἶ. 4.318; καὶ οἶ. καὶ κλῆρος ἀκήρατος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.498; οἶκον δέ κ᾽ ἐγὼ καὶ κτήματα δοίην 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.314, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.53, 7.224, etc.)]: in Attic dialect law, estate, inheritance, οἶκον κατασχεῖν τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.15, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.93, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 5.15, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.4, etc.; οἶ. πέντε ταλάντων 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 7.42)]; compare οἰκία.
III a reigning house, οἶ. ὁ βασιλέος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.31, compare 6.9, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.137, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.41; Ἀγαμεμνονίων οἴκων ὄλεθρον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 862 (_anapaest meter_), compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 594 (Lyric poetry))]; also of any family, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 10.4, LXX.Gen.7.1, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.85)]; οἶ. Σεβαστός, = domus Augusta, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.520; οὐδενὸς οἴκου δεύτερον γενόμενον “IG” 42(1).84.32 (Epid., 1st c.AD); τοὺς πρώτους τᾶς πόλιος οἴκους [prev. work]86.15([prev. passage], 1st c.AD). (Orig. ϝοῖκος, compare ϝοίκω, οἰκία)]: cf. Sanskrit veśás, viś- 'house', Latin vicus, vicinus, etc.)